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On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament approved the unilateral termination of the EU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), adopting a resolution on both the termination and future partnerships. The European Commission,...
08/07/2026
Ghana is the first country in Africa to be awarded a coveted FLEGT licence - seen as the gold standard in the fight against illegal logging. But will it be the last? Author and Fern board member Fred Pearce reports on how the fate...
04/11/2025
On 17 June 2025, the European Parliament (EP) plenary voted to terminate the EU-Cameroon Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). The unilateral nature of this step – the...
10/07/2025
Earthsight’s Tara Ganesh discusses Russia’s ‘blood-stained birch’, EU sanctions and how successful enforcement depends on the political will to follow facts.
In late winter, as the United States dramatically distanced itself...
11/06/2025
On 17 December 2024, the outgoing Biden-Harris administration unveiled a comprehensive six-point policy framework aimed at reducing US imports of products linked to deforestation – a commendable attempt to set positive things in...
17/01/2025
At a time when partnerships are more critical than ever for implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation, the EU Commission is poised to kill off its bravest initiative in forest governance and accountability, and to replace...
12/12/2024
NGOs are denouncing the Republic of Congo’s (RoC) decision to violate international and domestic obligations concerning the Congolese national park of Conkouati-Douli by allowing oil exploration in its fragile ecosystem....
11/06/2024
In 2013, the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the government of the Republic of Congo and the European Union (EU) entered into force, with the aim of addressing problems related to forest governance and illegal...
20/11/2023
A decade of work from Ghana’s government, non-governmental organisations, industry and the EU is finally coming to a head and it looks like FLEGT-licensed timber will soon be being exported.
11/10/2023
The already precarious livelihoods of coffee farmers in Vietnam must not be pushed closer to the edge by the EU Deforestation Regulation, says Vu Thi Bich Hop, from the Center for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD).
15/12/2022
